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Many of us would love an easy way to keep track of our credit cards, passwords and serial numbers on the go. There have been many times that I've needed access to a serial number during a software install at my job, but I end up writing it down on a piece of paper because storing it on my iPhone in the Notes app isn't an option. It's just too insecure!  Well the folks of Ilium software have brought eWallet to the iPhone. Ilium software is no stranger to the mobile application market as they've released a bunch of cool apps for Palm and Windows OS. I've been using eWallet for a few weeks now and I'll give you a quick overview of the app.

I've had the Kensington Mini Battery Extender and Charger since the first week I had my iPhone 3G and it's become a very handy accessory for me. There are many ways to save battery life on the iPhone 3G and first generation iPhone, but lets face it: eventually, you will have a day where you've used all of your iPhone's juice and you'll have no way to plug it in to recharge. Apple's design doesn't allow for a user replaceable battery, so until they design an iPhone with one, this is probably one of your best bets.

According to an Associated Press article, recently released iPhone 2.02 software was supposed to fix connectivity to 3G networks. Since the update, reports have been coming in that no noticeable difference has been made and in some cases, things have gotten worse.

Although it seems that everyone and their brother and sister have an iphone, many countries still have yet to receive the all-in-one device. On August 22, Argentina, Greece, Brazil, India, Poland, Egypt and the Philippines are just some of the countries which will be selling the iPhones.

Yesterday, BestBuy announced that starting September 7th they would be re-selling the iPhone 3G. In a nutshell, this announcement means that Apple will eventually (over a two year period) have 970 more additional retail outlets to sell the iPhone 3G.

There have been numerous reports about how Apple has hidden a remote blacklist that supposedly can remotely disable rogue iPhone apps previously distributed through the App Store. The discovery of this so called blacklist made by Jonathan Zdziarski has caused widespread controversy over whether or not Apple has your best interests in mind.

John Gruber of Daring Fireball puts an end to all the speculation over this supposed blacklist site and clears the air on what it actually is:

Apple has no reason to hide such a configuration in a sneaky place. If it's "tucked away in a configuration file deep inside" the Core Location framework, doesn't it seem more likely that this list has something to do with, say, Core Location? Even the URL of the file in question hints at this:

https://iphone-services.apple.com/clbl/unauthorizedApps

An informed source at Apple confirmed to me that the "clbl" in the URL stands for "Core Location Blacklist", and that it does just that. It is not a blacklist for disabling apps completely, but rather specifically for preventing any listed apps from accessing Core Location -- an API which, for obvious privacy reasons, is covered by very strict rules in the iPhone SDK guidelines.

So let's put this one to rest okay? Read more on Gruber's findings here.

As most of you may know, I recently became the owner of a iPhone 3G. I know its a bit late, but I did try several times and was thwarted each time :P. In any case, this won't be an exhaustive review, but rather my observations of the new unit when compared to the first generation unit.

Various rumors from the field are reporting that FoxConn (one of the iPhone's manufacturers...) is now manufacturing approximately 800K iPhone 3G units per week...This is an amazing development, as the first generation iPhone sold about a total of 6 million unit. With this rate of sales, Apple is looking to achieve moving 40 million units by the end of the year. Just to give you an idea, the original estimate was to sell 25 million units.